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The moonstone: PB 224-2003

Object information

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Titles

The moonstone

Maker(s)

Author: Collins, W. Wilkie
Contributor: Starrett, Vincent
Illustrator: Dignimont, Andre
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Designer: Dreyfus, John
Printer: Elm Tree Press
Printer: Photogravure and Color Company

Categories

Description

By Wilkie Collins, with an introduction by Vincent Starrett ; illustrated by Dignimont.

Place(s) associated

  • New York
  • Cambridge (Cambs.)
  • Woodstock (VT)
  • Vermont ⪼ USA

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1959

Note

Fifteen hundred copies of this edition ... have been made ... from a typographical plan by John Dreyfus. The printing of the text has been done by The Elm Tree Press in Woodstock, Vermont, and the illustrations have been reproduced by the Photogravure & Color Company before being colored by hand in the studio of Walter Fischer in New York..."--Colophon. Museum has copy no. "J.D.", signed by the illustrator. Bound in dark blue linen gold-stamped with decoration by John Dreyfus. Issued in slipcase

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 224-2003
Primary reference Number: 95647
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 30 May 2012 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

Citation for print

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